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From: Angelica Carpenter <angelica>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 17:39:41 -0800
Children?s Literature Association comes to Fresno in 2004
The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature at California State University, Fresno, will host the 31st annual conference of the Children's Literature Association from June 10, 2004, on the Fresno State campus. The conference theme is ?Dreams and Visions." About 200 people will travel to Fresno for this conference and local people are also invited. Optional university credit will be available. A flyer with information and a registration form is posted now at the Children's Literature Association Web site at www.childlitassn.org.
Conference speakers will include Richard Peck, winner of the Newbery medal for A Year Down Yonder; Pam Mu?oz Ryan, winner of the Pura Belpr? Award for her novel Esperanza Rising; Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, whose new biography of Frances Hodgson Burnett will be published in April 2004; Canadian author Brian Doyle; California authors Juan Felipe Herrera, Gennifer Choldenko, and Virginia Pilegard; and British author Berlie Doherty, whose novel White Peak Farm will win the 2004 Phoenix award at the conference banquet. The Phoenix Award is given twenty years after publication to the author of a book for children published originally in English that did not win a major award when it first appeared. White Peak Farm has recently been republished in England as Jeannie of White Peak Farm.
Michael Cart, librarian, writer, lecturer, consultant, critic, and national expert in children's and young adult literature, will deliver the Francelia Butler Plenary Lecture. The invitation to give this lecture is issued annually to a prominent literary critic who specializes in children's literature. The lecture is named in honor of one of the founders of the Children's Literature Association. Cart's latest publication is Rush Hour, a literary magazine for young adults.
Conference plans include a sunset picnic in a beautiful garden overlooking the vineyards and orchards of the San Joaquin Valley, a presentation on Finnish children's literature in honor of Arne Nixon's heritage, a talk by Sophia Jansson (Tove Jansson's niece), a display of Finnish books, an exhibition of collector Pamela Harer's Picture Books from Between the Wars, a reception sponsored by ANCA (the Arne Nixon Center Advocates), and an Oz panel discussion with Peter E. Hanff, president of the International Wizard of Oz Club and panelists Joel Chaston, Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, Suzanne Rahn, and Michael O. Riley. A conference schedule will be posted in early April at www.arnenixoncenter.org. Full conference and one?y registrations will be offered and banquet tickets will be available separately if space allows. Optional university credit is available.
The Piccadilly Inn-University, just across the street from the campus, will be the site of some conference meetings. The hotel will offer a special rate to conference attendees of $84, single or double. For reservations, call (559) 224B00. Early reservations are essential. A limited number of dormitory rooms are also available on campus for $30 per night for a single room or $20 per person per night in a double room.
For more information or a registration form, contact Kathy Kiessling at
or Angelica Carpener at
.
Angelica Carpenter, Curator Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature California State University, Fresno
Received on Tue 30 Mar 2004 07:39:41 PM CST
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 17:39:41 -0800
Children?s Literature Association comes to Fresno in 2004
The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature at California State University, Fresno, will host the 31st annual conference of the Children's Literature Association from June 10, 2004, on the Fresno State campus. The conference theme is ?Dreams and Visions." About 200 people will travel to Fresno for this conference and local people are also invited. Optional university credit will be available. A flyer with information and a registration form is posted now at the Children's Literature Association Web site at www.childlitassn.org.
Conference speakers will include Richard Peck, winner of the Newbery medal for A Year Down Yonder; Pam Mu?oz Ryan, winner of the Pura Belpr? Award for her novel Esperanza Rising; Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, whose new biography of Frances Hodgson Burnett will be published in April 2004; Canadian author Brian Doyle; California authors Juan Felipe Herrera, Gennifer Choldenko, and Virginia Pilegard; and British author Berlie Doherty, whose novel White Peak Farm will win the 2004 Phoenix award at the conference banquet. The Phoenix Award is given twenty years after publication to the author of a book for children published originally in English that did not win a major award when it first appeared. White Peak Farm has recently been republished in England as Jeannie of White Peak Farm.
Michael Cart, librarian, writer, lecturer, consultant, critic, and national expert in children's and young adult literature, will deliver the Francelia Butler Plenary Lecture. The invitation to give this lecture is issued annually to a prominent literary critic who specializes in children's literature. The lecture is named in honor of one of the founders of the Children's Literature Association. Cart's latest publication is Rush Hour, a literary magazine for young adults.
Conference plans include a sunset picnic in a beautiful garden overlooking the vineyards and orchards of the San Joaquin Valley, a presentation on Finnish children's literature in honor of Arne Nixon's heritage, a talk by Sophia Jansson (Tove Jansson's niece), a display of Finnish books, an exhibition of collector Pamela Harer's Picture Books from Between the Wars, a reception sponsored by ANCA (the Arne Nixon Center Advocates), and an Oz panel discussion with Peter E. Hanff, president of the International Wizard of Oz Club and panelists Joel Chaston, Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, Suzanne Rahn, and Michael O. Riley. A conference schedule will be posted in early April at www.arnenixoncenter.org. Full conference and one?y registrations will be offered and banquet tickets will be available separately if space allows. Optional university credit is available.
The Piccadilly Inn-University, just across the street from the campus, will be the site of some conference meetings. The hotel will offer a special rate to conference attendees of $84, single or double. For reservations, call (559) 224B00. Early reservations are essential. A limited number of dormitory rooms are also available on campus for $30 per night for a single room or $20 per person per night in a double room.
For more information or a registration form, contact Kathy Kiessling at
or Angelica Carpener at
.
Angelica Carpenter, Curator Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature California State University, Fresno
Received on Tue 30 Mar 2004 07:39:41 PM CST
